Fixed points and orbits in skew polynomial rings.

In this paper, we study orbits and fixed points of polynomials in a general skew polynomial ring D [ x , σ , δ ]. We extend results of the first author and Vishkautsan on polynomial dynamics in D [ x ]. In particular, we show that if a ∈ D and f ∈ D [ x , σ , δ ] satisfy f (a) = a , then f ∘ n (a) = a for every formal power of f. More generally, we give a sufficient condition for a point a to be r -periodic with respect to a polynomial f. Our proofs build upon foundational results on skew polynomial rings due to Lam and Leroy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]